>> on the economy of jobs. he's within the margin of error and that's the encouragement here, that this isn't some devastating dive that's unrecoverable. i think mark's point about the clump of scandal coverage is certainly something that would have an impact. and to your point that voters look around and say, well, nothing's getting done in washington and does obama bear some blame for that? >> one of the things that's interesting is he has a huge drop among young voters, down 17 points in the last month among people under 30. one thing he's done that people disagree with also even more is on syria, 70% of americans oppose sending arms to the syrian rebels, according to the pew poll conductsed before the announcement on chemical weapons. this is exactly what president clinton in that, quote unquote private meeting said don't worry about the polls, just do what's right. >> as the one member of this panel who doesn't look at trend lines, i guess, i feel i need to speak for the nontrend line viewers. >> we apprec